Mamas Gun, the funked-up five-piece fronted by singer/composer/producer/designer Andy Platts, release their new single Wishing on February 28th. This stunning Hall and Oates-tinged masterstroke (incidentally, in recent years, Platt has worked with the latter) features on the ‘deluxe’ version of the band’s debut album ‘Routes To Riches’ which was co-produced by Julian Simmons (Guillemots), mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Jack Joseph Puig (Black Eyed Peas, U2, the Rolling Stones) and mastered by the equally notable Bob Ludwig. It will be released as a double A-side along with another track lifted from the album, the delightfully dirty, ‘Grove is in the heart’ vibe ‘Finger On It’.

One of the UK’s most exciting live bands are about to make one of 2009’s hottest album debuts. Mamas Gun, the five-piece fronted by singer/composer/producer/designer Andy Platts, will release their superb first album ‘Routes To Riches’ on September 28th, previewed by the single ‘You Are The Music’ on September 28.
Both are on their Candelion label, underwritten in a groundbreaking “business angel” deal by investment company Icebreaker/Shamrock Solutions. Fuelled by heavyweight media momentum which included a month on the BBC Radio 2 playlist for the 2008 single ‘Pots Of Gold’, …